News from July 2016
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that on July 26, 2016, Jose Jaime Hernandez Badillo, 27, of Plattsmouth, was sentenced to six and one-half years (78 months) in prison for conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing cocaine between November of 2013 and September 4, 2014. Following the prison term, Lewis will serve five years on supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2016
News Release: St. Louis, MO - James Bowen, Pevely, MO, pled guilty to charges involving his production, receipt and possession of child pornography between Jan. 1, 2014, and Feb. 29, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2016
News Release: In Midland, a former bookkeeper faces federal charges in connection with an alleged scheme to steal over $2 Million from a local businessman announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Douglas E. Lindquist, El Paso Division; and, Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge William Cotter.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2016
News Release: CONCORD - United States Attorney Emily Gray Rice announced that Rosaire Gauthier, 40, of Bennington, New Hampshire was sentenced in the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to 78 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to a felon-in-possession charge and 17 drug charges. Gauthier pleaded guilty to the charges on October 9, 2015.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2016
News Release: Three Miami residents were sentenced for their role in the largest Medicare fraud scheme loss prosecuted in the Southern District of Florida in 2015.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 29, 2016
News Release: HARTFORD, Conn. Federal workplace safety and health inspectors cited an Uncasville manufacturer that makes tachometers and speed-measuring devices for 11 serious violations, including obvious amputation, crushing, and electrical hazards.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Fresh off the heels of their Wednesday briefing on Capitol Hill, the folks behind Hope for Gabe kicked off Ride4Gabe 2016 today in Maine. As 11-year-old Duchenne patient and all-star rare disease advocate Gabe Griffin said this week, “We must pass #CuresNow!" Learn more about Gabe’s story here.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 29, 2016
News Release: Oyster Bay, NY: On Tuesday, July 26, 2016, National Park Service staff assembled a Centennial Celebration 5k team from Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, Fire Island National Seashore, and Eastern National bookstore to participate in the Marcum Workplace Challenge. This is the eighth year staff from...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2016
News Release: LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A Cuban National residing in Louisville, Kentucky on a Visa was convicted by a federal jury late yesterday, in United States District Court, on all charges including conspiring with others to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine, announced United States Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2016
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - Charles M. Oberly, III, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that an Indictment has been handed down by the Grand Jury, charging Tanisha Gregory, age 34, and Nduka White, age 32, formerly of Newark, Delaware, with False Claims Conspiracy, Mail Fraud, and Social Security Fraud. Both defendants face up to 20 years in prison, 3 years of supervised release, in addition to possible fines and restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Thomas Peterson, age 57 of Kearney, Nebraska, was convicted by a federal jury of four counts of violating the civil rights of female probationers under his supervision and one count of lying to the FBI when he submitted to an interview about the matter. Peterson is facing up to nine years in prison. The case was heard before Senior United States District Judge Richard Kopf.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 29, 2016
News Release: ALBUQURQUE, NM - Extreme heat and lack of rain over the last month are contributing to declining water levels at Elephant Butte Reservoir as the end of the irrigation season nears.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 29, 2016
News Release: SILT, Colo. - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today released the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) analyzing 65 oil and gas leases that had been issued on the White River National Forest from 1995 to 2012. The BLM’s Preferred Alternative in the Final EIS would cancel the 25 undeveloped leases...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2016
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that SHIWEI YAN, a/k/a “Sheri Yan," the co-founder and former chief executive officer of the Global Sustainability Foundation, was sentenced in Manhattan federal court today to 20 months in prison for paying more...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2016
News Release: Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Neil West, Sr., 65, was found guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court of armed bank robbery and conspiracy to commit bank robbery, following a jury trial. The charges arose from the September 4, 2015 robbery of the University...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2016
News Release: Indianapolis - United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler announced today the sentencing of a former Park Tudor School coach and teacher after his conviction for coercion and enticement of a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity. Kyle M. Cox, 31, Fishers, was sentenced to 168 months (14 years) imprisonment by U.S. District Judge Larry J. McKinney.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2016
News Release: United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Dupree, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Distribution of a Controlled Substance.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON-The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that Honeywell International Inc. and Georgia Power Company have agreed to clean up the 760-acre saltwater marsh at the LCP Chemicals Superfund Site in Brunswick, Georgia. The settlement requires the companies to spend an estimated $28.6 million to remove and isolate contaminated sediments in the marsh and to monitor the long-term effectiveness of the work.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Judy Ruth Mullin, 27, of Nevada City, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. to 21 months in prison and ordered to pay $219,984 in restitution for her role in a conspiracy to defraud the United States with false claims for federal tax refunds, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 29, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Jason S. Wymer, 44, of Citrus Heights, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. to 30 years in prison, to be followed by 25 years of supervised release for sexual exploitation of children, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
